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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (view source)
Revision as of 00:41, December 2, 2008
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Although it is cited by advocates of the [[Kyoto Protocol]] as a "scientific" intergovernmental body, it in fact does not carry out or sponsor scientific research. It is a political body, dedicated to promoting changes to the [[global warming treaty]]. Its periodic reports are slanted toward that end, downplaying and often disagreeing with the scientific consensus.
Although it is cited by advocates of the [[Kyoto Protocol]] as a "scientific" intergovernmental body, it in fact does not carry out or sponsor scientific research. It is a political body, dedicated to promoting changes to the [[global warming treaty]]. Its periodic reports are slanted toward that end, downplaying and often disagreeing with the scientific consensus.
* The charge to the IPCC is not simply to summarize, but rather to provide the science with which to support the negotiating process whose aim is to control greenhouse gas levels. This is a political rather than a scientific charge.<ref> [http://ecoworld.com/features/2008/10/30/climate-science-is-it-currently-designed-to-answer-questions/ Climate Science: Is It Designed To Answer Questions?]</ref> }}
On at least two occasions, the IPCC has issued summaries for policymakers which contradict the scientific reports submitted to it. In the most recent case, they issued their summary '''before''' receiving the report!<ref>The misuse of the IPCC summaries, however, is not entirely accidental.</ref><ref>...it was discovered that substantial, possibly unauthorized changes were made in the IPCC report that forms the scientific basis for decisions regarding the UN Climate Convention. The revisions were made quietly after the acceptance of the report and before its printing. As confirmed in the scientific journal Nature (June 13), the changes altered the sense of the (scientific) report and were done in order to "conform" it to the IPCC's (political) Summary for Policymakers. [http://www.sepp.org/Archive/controv/ipcccont/wirth.htm]</ref>
On at least two occasions, the IPCC has issued summaries for policymakers which contradict the scientific reports submitted to it. In the most recent case, they issued their summary '''before''' receiving the report!<ref>The misuse of the IPCC summaries, however, is not entirely accidental.</ref><ref>...it was discovered that substantial, possibly unauthorized changes were made in the IPCC report that forms the scientific basis for decisions regarding the UN Climate Convention. The revisions were made quietly after the acceptance of the report and before its printing. As confirmed in the scientific journal Nature (June 13), the changes altered the sense of the (scientific) report and were done in order to "conform" it to the IPCC's (political) Summary for Policymakers. [http://www.sepp.org/Archive/controv/ipcccont/wirth.htm]</ref>